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Reena Flores

February 13, 2014
A full ten days have passed since Bill O'Reilly interviewed Barack Obama on Super Bowl Sunday. But the Fox News pundit isn't going to let you forget his grueling grilling of the President. In fact, O'Reilly has some handwritten notes from the epic moment that he's willing to sell to...

February 12, 2014
It's time for immigration reform... maybe. But that's only if Republicans in the House of Representatives—and their conservative pundit overlords—can agree to an actual strategy. Jon Stewart suggests they write the "Only We Love Hispanics" Act and be done with it. Plus: Stephen Colbert reminisces on his 2010 sponsorship of...

February 10, 2014
The world trains its eyes on Sochi and the Olympic Games. Russia isn't doing too well underneath all that scrutiny: athletes' accommodations are lacking, the Opening Ceremonies included failing props, and David Letterman gets cranky. Plus: Clay Aiken makes a bid for Congress, hoping to unseat Republican Renee Ellmers. And...

February 6, 2014
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Your phone line is about to die—and companies like AT&T, along with the Federal Communications Commission, are leading it to its shallow grave. National Journal's Brendan Sasso explains why the private sector is urging government agencies to speed up the regulatory process in transitioning from old land lines and outdated...

February 5, 2014
Fox News star Bill O'Reilly takes some time before the Super Bowl to interrogate President Obama on the administration's grievous mistakes, including the health care program's rollout, Benghazi, and the IRS. Jon Stewart thinks O'Reilly was just chanting a right-wing hymnal. Plus: The FDA discourages youth smoking, and The Colbert...

February 4, 2014
Chris Christie is sticking to his traffic guns: he still says he knew nothing about the plot, even after a Port Authority official alleged that the New Jersey governor was well aware of 'Bridgegate.' Plus: the President is accused of plagiarizing former President Bush in his State of the Union...

February 3, 2014
The Super Bowl has come and gone, but Chris Christie's traffic problems are still at the forefront of the political scene—and the butt of late-night comedians' jokes. Plus: Arizona's Republican Party calls Senator John McCain's voting record "too liberal." The challenge has been set, the gauntlet thrown. But the GOP's...

January 31, 2014
Atlanta is paralyzed by the snow, and the nation has been asking: Who could have predicted such a catastrophe? Probably anyone watching Atlanta-based Weather Channel. Plus: we've heard that there might be some sort of large sporting event happening this weekend, and some people are talking about it. brightcove.createExperiences();

January 30, 2014
Obama's fifth State of the Union addresses healthcare, the failing economy, and immigration. Wait—haven't we seen this before? The official remarks regarding the presidential speech are a choose-your-own-adventure of sorts. Jon Stewart responds to the responses, and it's about as crass as Rand Paul's remark about the government's "inherent" stupidity....

January 29, 2014
Obama gave a decent speech last night: full of modest proposals that, depending on Congressional good spirit, may or may not be acted upon. But that isn't stopping the critics. Maybe he should have just stuck with broadcasting it in a six-second Vine. brightcove.createExperiences();

Database-level encryption had its origins in the 1990s and early 2000s in response to very basic risks which largely revolved around the theft of servers, backup tapes and other physical-layer assets. As noted in Verizon’s 2014, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)1, threats today are far more advanced and dangerous.

In order to better understand the current state of external and internal-facing agency workplace applications, Government Business Council (GBC) and Riverbed undertook an in-depth research study of federal employees. Overall, survey findings indicate that federal IT applications still face a gamut of challenges with regard to quality, reliability, and performance management.

PIV- I And Multifactor Authentication: The Best Defense for Federal Government Contractors

This white paper explores NIST SP 800-171 and why compliance is critical to federal government contractors, especially those that work with the Department of Defense, as well as how leveraging PIV-I credentialing with multifactor authentication can be used as a defense against cyberattacks

This research study aims to understand how state and local leaders regard their agency’s innovation efforts and what they are doing to overcome the challenges they face in successfully implementing these efforts.

The U.S. healthcare industry is rapidly moving away from traditional fee-for-service models and towards value-based purchasing that reimburses physicians for quality of care in place of frequency of care.